Indian Film Industry Is Effected By Piracy- Sandeep Marwah

“India is the largest film producing country in the world. We make
approx 900 films in 28 official languages but the sad part is that film
Industry is effected by piracy” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah
Studios and Director of Asian Academy of Film And Television as the
opening remark of the second session of seminar on ‘Anti Piracy
Initiatives and Indian Film & TV Industry’.

The
seminar was organized by Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) under the
leadership of Lalit Bhasin and supported by Indo American Chamber of
Commerece( IACC) which was inaugurated by Smt. Ambika Soni Minister of
Information and Broadcasting, Government of India on the same morning at
Hotel Lalit in New Delhi

“We have lost approx Rs.4400
crores as revenue and 5,70,000 jobs last year because of Pricy.600
million DVDs are sold in duplicate whereas the original sales is 20
million DVDs. Though 100 raids have been conducted, 110 arrests have
been made, 400000 DVDs have been confiscated, and around 2000 dealers
have been identified in this wrong business but still it is just the sip
of the cup.” informed Sandeep Marwah.

Others who
projected their views from the dice were Rajiv P. Dalal Managing
Director, Motion picture Distributors Association, Prakash Nathan Vice
President Operations UTV Motion Pictures, Bobby Bedi Producer,
Kaleidoscope Entertainment, T.S. Vishwanathan Principal Advisor APJ and
Girija Krishan Varma Attorney-at-Law. The seminar was conducted by Anand
Desai Managing Partner DSK Legal and President of Indo American Chamber
of Commerece.